Education & Children’s Issues Resources

Alabama School Readiness Alliance:  http://www.alavoices.org/ASRA.aspx?

(Promotes pre-kindergarten expansion in Alabama)

Center for Research on Children in the United States:  http://www.crocus.georgetown.edu

(Longitudinal preschool studies, Specifically Oklahoma’s universal pre-kindergarten program)

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment:  http://repositories.cdlib.org/iir/cscce

(Research on preschool teachers and child care workers)

Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting:  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/

(Academic research on preschool and other early childhood issues)

Education Commission of the States:  http://www.ecs.org/

(State-by-state issue analysis)

Early Childhood Research and Practice:  http:/ecrp.uiuc.edu/

(Periodic on-line journal publishing early childhood studies)

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids:  http://www.fightcrime.org/issue_earlyed.php

(Promotes pre-kindergarten as an effective crimes reduction method)

Foundation for Child Development:  http://www.fcd-us.org/

(Advocates for pre-kindergarten; resource center for journalists)         

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute:  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

(Academic research, oversight of the Abecedarian Project, longitudinal study of long-term economic, academic, and social outcome of quality pre-kindergarten)

High/Scope Perry Preschool Project:  http://www.highscope.org

(Longitudinal study of quality preschool program measured over 40 years)

National Association for the Education of Young Children:  http://www.naeyc.org

(Oldest and Largest national organization of early education providers)

National Center for Education Statistics:  http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003019.pdf

(Latest national data on pre-kindergarten)

National Conference of State Legislatures:  http://www.ncsl.org/programs/educ.htm

(Overview of state activity on a variety of issues, including pre-kindergarten)

National Governors Association:  http://www.nga.org/center/frontAndCenter/1,1188,C_FRONT_CENTER%5ED_5313,00.html

(Monitors trends in state-funded pre-kindergarten)

National Institute for Early Education Research:  http://www.nieer.org/

(Clearinghouse for research and news on preschool issues)

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child:  http://www.developingchild.net/index.shtml

(Advocate for science-based child development)

Alabama Office of School Readiness:  http://www.children.alabama.gov/OSR/index.htm  

(The state department which oversees Alabama’s state funded pre-k programs)

Policy Analysis for California Education:  http://pace.berkeley.edu

(Independent policy analysis of a range of education issues)

Pre-Kindergarten Research in Progress:  http://www.prekrip.org 

(Tracks and updates latest research on early childhood education)

Pre-K Now:  http://www.preknow.org

(Resource center for pre-k expansion)

Zero to Three:  http://www.zerotothree.org

(Promotes healthy development of infants and toddlers)

Pre-K Education

Alabama Faith Council — P. O. Box 2113, Birmingham AL 35202 — Tel. 205-226-0800

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